TO Books has confirmed that the Bad End Mokuzen no Heroine ni Tensei Shita Watashi, Konse de wa Renai Suru Tsumori ga Cheat na Ani ga Hanashite Kuremasen!? (I Was Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, and I’m Determined to Fall in Love!/バッドエンド目前のヒロインに転生した私、今世では恋愛するつもりがチートな兄が離してくれません!?) light novel series by author Kotoko has been green-lit for an anime adaptation.

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Bad End Mokuzen no Heroine ni Tensei Shita Watashi Anime Image

Nanase Ikuto, the artist behind the manga adaptation, has released an illustration in celebration of the anime news.

Bad End Mokuzen no Heroine ni Tensei Shita Watashi illustration
Illustration by Nanase Ikuto

Author Kotoko started the story in 2021 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and TO Books published the first novel in January 2022. Satsuki Tsukasa illustrated the first two novels, and Kumanomi Kei took over the illustrations from the third novel onwards. The series’s 10th novel will be released on March 1st, 2026.

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The novel series was adapted into a manga by Nanase in June 2022 on TO Books’ Corona EX manga website under the title Bad End Mokuzen no Heroine ni Tensei Shita Watashi, Konse de wa Renai Suru Tsumori ga Cheat na Ani ga Hanashite Kuremasen!? @COMIC. TO Books published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2022, and the eighth volume will be released on March 1st, 2026.

Bad End Mokuzen no Heroine ni Tensei Shita Watashi Manga Cover 1

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Tokyopop releases the manga volumes in English under the name I Was Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, and I’m Determined to Fall in Love!, and it released the manga’s sixth volume in October 2025. Tokyopop describes the manga story below:

“A dating sim enthusiast wakes up in the body of Reine Waynewright: an adorable otome heroine in a fantasy game! Reine discovers that in this world, she’s a lowly F-rank student at the magical Heartfelt Academy, bullied by her classmates and snubbed by her love interests for her lack of talent. Determined to avoid a Bad Ending, Reine resolves to study hard, practice her magic, and pass the exams to increase her rank! 

If she grinds hard enough, she may be able to change her fate: make new friends, improve herself, and maybe even fall in love along the way!”